In an amazing story it has been revealed that Cerys Matthews, 39 from Cardiff in Wales, has not been arrested by Police today.
The second Cousin of Karen, [mother of Shannon, the schoolgirl who disappeared for more than three weeks], Cerys remains the only member of the Matthews family to remain at Liberty this evening.
So far there have been no fewer than 10 arrests within the immediate Matthews Clan. First up we had Michael, Shannon's Uncle. The former computer programmer, was arrested when Shannon was found by police in the base of his bed. Then came Craig Meehan, Karen's young lover, charged with having Child Porn on his laptop. Then came the mother herself, arrested for attempting to pervert the course of justice. Throw into the mix Amanda Hyett, Craig's sister, Alice Meehan Craig's mum, Peggy Taylor, Shannon's Step-Auntie from her mother's second marriage and Lucy Matthews, a cousin from Karen's fourth marriage and you get quite a collection of Vagabonds and Fly by Nights.
Speaking to our reporter the Chief Inspector of the West Yorkshire Police, Mohammed Fadid said yesterday,
"The whole thing does seem to have spiralled out of all control. Apart from the eight or so central players, we have a further 16 members of the Matthews family in custody on various charges ranging from minor traffic offences to impersonating a Priest at the Cathedral Church Of St Anne, Leeds. He would probably have remained undetected had he not started preaching that Judas Iscariot was smoking Cannabis at the Last Supper."
Mohammed Fadid added,
"It is true, Cerys Matthews has yet to be arrested. We have gone through her past with a fine tooth comb and apart from a few experiences with Class A drugs that we found in her autobiography there is nothing we can pin on her at this moment in time."
However it is believed that it is only a matter of time before the Welsh section of the Matthews family get their comeuppance. Talking to our Home Affairs correspondent, Prison Officer Ted Head said,
"We actually have a whole section here dedicated to the Matthews family.We call it the 'Bling Thing Wing'. Tell Cerys there is a cell with her name on it."
The case against the Matthews family continues in all good newsagents across the UK.
